T. Coleman du Pont

Thomas Coleman du Pont (11 December 1863-11 November 1930) was a US Senator from Delaware (R) from 7 July 1921 to 7 November 1922 (succeeding Josiah O. Wolcott and preceding Thomas F. Bayard Jr.) and from 4 March 1925 to 9 December 1928 (succeeding L. Heisler Ball and preceding Daniel O. Hastings).

Biography
Thomas Coleman du Pont was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1863, the cousin of US Senator Henry A. du Pont and the great-grandson of Dupont family progenitor Eleuthere Irenee du Pont. He worked for his family's Central Coal and Iron Company before working in the railroad industry, and he was president of the family's explosive business from 1902 to 1915. From 1908 to 1923, he oversaw the philanthropic construction of Delaware's Du Pont Highway from Selbyville north to Wilmington. He retired from business activities in 1915 to enter Republican Party politics, and he served as US Senator from Delaware from 1921 to 1922 and from 1925 to 1928. He died in 1930.